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• Substantiveness
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(1):

(a.) Enduring; solid; firm; substantial.

(2):

(a.) Depending on itself; independent.

(3):

(n.) A noun or name; the part of speech which designates something that exists, or some object of thought, either material or immaterial; as, the words man, horse, city, goodness, excellence, are substantives.

(4):

(v. t.) To substantivize.

(5):

(a.) Betokening or expressing existence; as, the substantive verb, that is, the verb to be.

(6):

(a.) Pertaining to, or constituting, the essential part or principles; as, the law substantive.